- Date
- October 25, 1987, 14:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Red Bluff, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8645VBellanca 7KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871025060419A
- Case key
- 25785
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot was asked to move his aircraft from a private airstrip on which he had landed without prior approval. As the aircraft climbed after takeoff the pilot made a left wingover, reversed course and buzzed the runway at an elevation of about 30 - 40 feet. When the aircraft approached personnel on the ground, near the runway, the pilot entered a barrel roll. As the aircraft neared the completion of the roll it collided with the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8645V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 508-75
- Airframe hours
- 1,127
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-E2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lou Fields Flight
- Registered owner
- Fields, Louis B.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 28, 1987 · 86 hours before
- Destination
- OAK · Oakland, CA
- Airport
- 74Q · Dye Creek Ranch, runway 29, 2,500 × 50 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 220 total · 9 in this make and model · 174 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDD, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.